Public Policy Projectà The Big Kahuna (200 Points!) Due Date: Monday, April 12, 2010 Task: In order to help you learn about a specific public policy topic, as well as help you review past topics, you will create a PowerPoint presentation teaching the class about your topic. The best resource for this project is http://sks.sirs.com [Name & Password = pgcps]. Public Policy Topics:
Domestic Policy Topics
Foreign Policy Topics
Immigration Reform
Afghanistan War
Due Process Rights for Suspected Terrorists
Iraq War
Social Security & the looming crisis
Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Capital Punishment
US Relationship with China
US “War on Drugs”
US Relationship with North Korea
Same-Sex Marriage
US Relationship with Iran
Gun Control
US Involvement in the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Medicare & the looming crisis
“War on Terror”
Medicaid
Global Warming/Climate Change
Project Components & Rubric:
1. Define the Topic - Explain what makes this topic controversial - Explain the current politics surrounding the topic - List & Explain how the US Constitution is connected to the topic
60 Points
2. Compare and Contrast the current Democratic & Republican platform on the topic - Recommended that you create a graphic organizer to show this component
20 Points
3. Identify at least 2 Interest Groups that work with the topic - Include an explanation of the group’s stance toward the topic - Include the total amount of money they donated in the 2008 presidential election cycle (www.opensecrets.org)
20 Points
4. Legal Component: - List & Explain major federal legislation and/or Supreme Court decisions that involves the topic (historical and/or Current) - List the Senate and House committees that have jurisdiction over your topic
20 Points
5. Bureaucratic Component: - Identify the cabinet department that has jurisdiction over your topic; Explain what they do with regards to your topic - Identify one regulatory agency that has jurisdiction over your topic; Explain what they do with regards to your topic
20 Points
6. Public Opinion Component: - Find and show 3 recent public opinion polls that have relevance to your topic (Include # of Respondents, M.O.E, and Date of poll; Include at least two statements of analysis for each poll [1 statement per poll should relate to USA political ideology]; Good resource: www.pollingreport.com/)
30 Points
7. Professionalism of Presentation Grading Factors: - Presentations should be approximately 10 minutes - Do not use a font smaller than 23 in your presentation - Incorporate charts, graphs, political cartoons, and images into your presentation when appropriate (do not go overboard) - Be prepared to give a professional presentationà I recommend you use note cards, Practice in the mirror too! - You will have a quiz based upon the information presented by your classmates!
Task: In order to help you learn about a specific public policy topic, as well as help you review past topics, you will create a PowerPoint presentation teaching the class about your topic. The best resource for this project is http://sks.sirs.com [Name & Password = pgcps].
Public Policy Topics:
Project Components & Rubric:
- Explain what makes this topic controversial
- Explain the current politics surrounding the topic
- List & Explain how the US Constitution is connected to the topic
- Recommended that you create a graphic organizer to show this component
- Include an explanation of the group’s stance toward the topic
- Include the total amount of money they donated in the 2008 presidential election cycle (www.opensecrets.org)
- List & Explain major federal legislation and/or Supreme Court decisions that involves the topic (historical and/or Current)
- List the Senate and House committees that have jurisdiction over your topic
- Identify the cabinet department that has jurisdiction over your topic; Explain what they do with regards to your topic
- Identify one regulatory agency that has jurisdiction over your topic; Explain what they do with regards to your topic
- Find and show 3 recent public opinion polls that have relevance to your topic (Include # of Respondents, M.O.E, and Date of poll; Include at least two statements of analysis for each poll [1 statement per poll should relate to USA political ideology]; Good resource: www.pollingreport.com/)
- Presentations should be approximately 10 minutes
- Do not use a font smaller than 23 in your presentation
- Incorporate charts, graphs, political cartoons, and images into your presentation when appropriate (do not go overboard)
- Be prepared to give a professional presentationà I recommend you use note cards, Practice in the mirror too!
- You will have a quiz based upon the information presented by your classmates!